J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone Review

Overall Rating

Very exciting and original. Good storyline and well written. Harry Potter and The Philosopher's Stone is an excellent book that consists of lots of components for a winner, (which indeed it was: 1997 Gold Award for children aged 9 - 11). But it is not just a book aimed at children, as adults took a liking to it too. It was printed with more adult front covers, probably just so that people didn't feel embarrassed when reading it on the train. Harry Potter is based off lots of classical magical objects and creatures etc. However, J.K Rowling completely makes it her own with lots of original parts and twists. All about a boy called Harry Potter, who finds out he is a wizard, then realizes he is famous. His parents were killed, but he survived the dark wizard Lord Voldemort's curse that should have killed him, but instead of killing him, it made Voldemort lose power and go into hiding. Harry Potter then goes to school but finds out there are more than just other pupils to contend with, and that he is still wanted dead. Although I may be a bit late to review this, as I have read all the series over and over again, I find there are more links from this book than I first thought.